Female activist and co-founder of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, Aisha Yesufu has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari over the way he’s handling the killings in Zamfara state.According to Vanguard, Aisha accused the President of playing ‘Baba go slow’ and doing too little to stop the senseless killings going on in some parts of the coun ...

Zamfara state residents are currently staging a protest over the incessant killings recorded in many parts of the state. Over 200 people have been killed by bandits in various attacks recorded in the state. According to multiple sources online, the protest is happening along Gusau-Zaria Road. ...

Armed bandits who stormed Dogon village of Tsafe Local Government Area, and Birnin Yero of Shinkafi local authority of Zamfara State on Sunday, killed three Civilian JTF, religious leader and 6 others and also kidnapped 3 women.The armed bandits who were said to be about 10 men, stormed the villages and began to shoot sporadically in every directi ...

A video of Zamfara state governor, Abdulaziz Yari threatening APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole and members of the National Working Committee NWC of the party, is currently trending online. Although no one knows when the video was shot.The crisis between the governor, Adams Oshiomole and members of the National Working Committee, started afte ...

A member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Lawali Attahiru Dogonkade, who was convicted of a N31million contract fraud, has been fined N120,000. Dogankade was convicted on Thursday by Justice Bello Shinkafi, a sitting judge at the Zamfara State High Court, on a four-count charge filed against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Othe ...

Famous Zamfara twin sisters who were kidnapped a month ago by unknown gunmen have regained their freedom. The twins’ uncle, Hamza Dauran, who confirmed their release, said they have just been reunited with their two brothers and are on their way to an undisclosed location in Gusau. The teenagers were kidnapped in October while they were visiting ...

The two boys pictured above have reportedly been abducted by unknown persons in Zamfara state.According to Twitter user, Abdul Balarabe, the boys were kidnapped from Dauran village in Zumi local government in Zamfara state sometime in September. Balarabe also stated that the boys were kidnapped two days before the twins, Hassana and Hussaina, were ...

A pair of identical twin sisters have been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Zamfara State and the family is seeking for public assistance to locate the missing girls. It was gathered that the young ladies identified as Hassana and Husaina were abducted by some hoodlums recently in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara state and are yet t ...

The ruling All Progressives Congress has been banned from fielding candidates for elective positions in Zamfara state for the 2019 elections by INEC. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has banned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from fielding candidates for the governorship, state and federal legislative elections in Za ...

Armed bandits attacked Baddarawa village of Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing over 6 persons and injuring several others.It was gathered that the attackers stormed the village in the early hours of Thursday and began shooting sporadically, ransacking houses.Spokesman for Zamfara Police Command, Mohammad Shehu, confirmed the ...

At least, 13 innocent villagers have reportedly been killed after suspected bandits invaded their town in the early hours of Thursday. Suspected armed bandits have attacked Baddarawa village of Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing 13 persons and injuring several others. the attackers stormed the village in the early hours ...

1. The Troops of 1 Division under Operation to a distress call about an armed robbery along Birnin Gwari - Funtua road. While on pursuit of the armed robbers, they were ambushed by suspected bandits. However, they fought their way and overpowered the bandits, who hastily withdrew into Kwuyambana forest in Zamfara State.2. During the pursuit of th ...

The federal government has assembled a 1000-strong military force, comprising the army, air force, police and the civil defence to launch fierce attacks on the bandits terrorising villages and towns of Zamfara State.Bandits suspected to be cattle rustlers have killed hundreds of people in villages across the state. Several villages have also been ...

Armed bandits have killed at least 42 people when they launched onslaught on 18 villages under Mashema, Kwashabawa and Birane districts of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Friday.Sources said the death toll could be up to 100 as hundreds of people were declared missing.According to Daily Nigerian, it was revealed that many villages ...

The 207 Quick Response Group (QRG) of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in Gusau on Wednesday, July 25, disclosed that it had arrested 16 suspected armed bandits while participating in the ongoing Operation SHARAN DAJI, which is under the auspices of Defence Headquarters (DHQ).The outgoing Commander of the Unit, Group Captain Caleb Olayera, made the di ...

At least 20 people have been killed as suspected armed bandits attacked a mosque in Kwaddi village in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. This comes bare days after no fewer than 30 people were killed in similar deadly assaults on five villages in Gidan Goga district of Maradun Local Government Area of the state.Residents said the gunmen ...

Police have discovered the bodies of 41 persons suspected to be part of bandits terrorizing villages in Zamfara State, north-west Nigeria.The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Kenneth Ebrimson, confirmed the figure while briefing reporters on Tuesday in Gusau, the state capital.According to him, police personnel found the men with their thro ...

Over 23 unidentified corpses were found inside a forest in Zurmi local government area of Zamfara state. According to reports, some of the bodies had their throats slit while others died of gunshots and no one could actually tell why they were killed as most of the victims were adults.The bodies had already been buried.The spokesman of the s ...

At least 30 persons werekilled in a fresh attack by bandits in Malukawa village of Gidan Goga District, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara state.Taking to Facebook, Jalaludeen said the bandits also burnt down many houses during the attack. "Our homes are now slaughterhouses. Just yesterday they came and butchered about 30 innoc ...

The Nigerian Police Force has succeeded in arresting 56 gang members allegedly responsible for killings and kidnappings in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State and Zamfara State.The gang led by Mohammed Rabiu was arrested after Four (4) members of the gang were killed by the Police Joint Team in a shootout in the forest at Bawan Daji, Anka LGA in Zamfara St ...

No fewer than 26 persons were killed in two villages in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State earlier today after armed bandits attacked a mining site at Kuru-kuru village and also ambushed some people from the neighbouring Jarkuka village as they mobilised to bring help to Kuru-kuru.The bandits stormed the mining site in Kuru-Kuru village a ...

Some gallant security operatives in Gwaza area of Gusau, the Zamfara state capital have apprehended a notorious robber and cattle rustler. The suspected hoodlum was arrested following days of investigation by the security agents for allegedly stealing cows in the area along with members of his gang. After his arrest, the cattle rustler stuck out h ...

Gunmen believed to be cattle thieves killed 15 herders in the latest bout of violence in northern Nigeria’s herding communities, AFP has reported. According to the police spokesman for Zamfara state, Muhammad Shehu, the “armed bandits attacked Bawon-Daji village yesterday and killed 15 people." His account was corroborated by a senior l ...

Zamfara Governor’s wife, Hajiya Asmau Abdulaziz, on Monday distributed 1,000 goats and 500 sewing machines to women in Talata-Mafara and Anka Local Government Areas of the state.Speaking at the occasion in Mafara, Talata-Mafara Local Government Area, Abdulaziz advised the beneficiaries to make good use of the animals and machines to uplift their ...

A Kano entrepreneur, Malam Isma’ila Abdullahi Shabege got himself trending after he threatened suicide unless the governor of Zamfara state steps down as the chairman of Nigeria’s governors Forum.It was reported that the Shabege climbed a radio transmission mast belonging to Kano Broadcasting Corporation with a view to committing suicide unles ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that the victims of herdsmen killings in Benue and Zamfara states are not to be compared to that of the Mambilla Plateau and Taraba State which have claimed more lives. While speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting with representatives of ethnic groups and the Taraba State Government at the Taraba Govern ...

A teacher at Government Day Secondary School Sankalawa in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State has allegedly flogged a student to death. The incident was revealed, on Wednesday by Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar-Gummi. The deputy speaker, who spoke under matters of urgent public importance during t ...